The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-05-12
PERSONAL.

QUEEN KAPIoIANI wept on leaving Washing
ton. Many politician knows just how she felt.
THE widow of the late Gen. Winfield S. Han
cock is visiting Mrs. John G. Farnsworth of
Albany.
BUFFALO BILL has visited the Prince of Wales
at Marlborough House. Now let the dude invest
in sombrero and leather breeches
Mrs. JANE RYDER, of livingston Me-. who
was a centenarian three years ago, is not yet
helpless from old age. She lives with son who
is 70 years old.
lack is the only one who was born in the dra-
matte profession and brought up in the expecta-
ton of following managerial career.
THE SULTAN OF TURKEY has had the members
of his haren, 100 in number, vaccinated. Even
the smallpox is not permitted to enter the sa-
cred precincts of his conjugal domain.
THE Duke of Edinburgh is stated in French
papers Ito have been too drunk to give the
order for the salute in return to the French
complimentary guns when the Queen arrived at
Cannes"
ALBERT DEIpIT, author Of the drama made
moiselle de Bresser, which Mrs. James Brown
Potter has purchased, is an American by birth.
He is from New Orleans, the home of Mrs Pot.
ters childhood.
Mrs. LOGAN warmly denies that she is writing
a novel She says that her talents do not lie in
that direction, and that if she had the ability
in the production of fiction.
ISAAC HARLOW, of Phillips, Me- who was a
drummer in the war of 1919, celebrated his 92d
birthday recently, and when his friends assem-
bled gave them an exhibition of how brslIly he
could still handle the drum sticks.
Mr.. PARNEIL and Michael Davtt are said TO
be actively engaged in the work Of organizing q
company with a capital of SJ00.G00 TO export
Irish linens and wooden goods. They have
been promised support by friends in this coun-
try.
JAMES WHITcoMB RILEY's POEM 'Leonanie''
has been translated into Italian. The Italians
are great admirers OF Edgar A. Poo, and Mr.
RIeys poem, which was 50 long supposed TO be
Poc's, finds warm welcome in the land of
Horace and Catullus.
THE festival in honor of Rabelnis which tool,
place last year at Mendon, OF which place the
creator Of "Pantragruel" was cure will be re-
peGted this year and made annual II will be
held on May - and 30, and the proceedings will
consist p<tliterary and poetic comUetitons. an
art exhibition, cavalcade, concert, banquets.
etc.
SUPPE the composer, is in private life a quiet
man and loves solitude He lives in q villa i'm n
romantic and sequestered spot. Now and then
he entertains on Suuday few friends from
Vienna and over good Dalmatiun wine talks
with them Of the pleasures and sorrows of thea
trical life He is q native of Dalmatia, aud re-
tains strong love for that land and all its pro-
ducts.
GEN. JoHN A. McCLERNASp, the Illinois vet
eran, lately met some comrades TO help prepare
resolutions on the death of another conrade
One of the speakers thus eulogized the deceas-
ed And when death came to claim him he
met Il as peacefully and calmly az the wnirfor
who wraps the drapery of his couch about him
and lies down 10 pleasant dreams The General
blurted out: That's the weak point IN his char
actcr. don't like this business Of meeting
death calmly / have no respect for any man
who does that. When death comes 10 me III
fight him, sir-r'n fight him TO the last. / don't
mine"